Week 3 Reminders

Just a reminder that room 21 are going on our trip to Te Tuhi art gallery on Tuesday morning and that we are starting our swimming lessons at Otara Pools on Friday.  

Maths Week - 'Figure Me Out' Parade

 Maths Week - 'Figure Me Out' Parade

On Friday 24 October we will be having a 'Figure Me Out' dress up parade to celebrate the end of Mathematics Week.  The dress up parade will be held at 10am on the back courts (in the case of wet weather teams will organise their own parades during the day indoors - please keep an eye on our Facebook status to check for any change of plans).  This is a chance for children to be as creative as they can.  Can you think of a costume for other children to 'figure out'?  We look forward to seeing what the children dress up in on the day.  There is no charge for this dress up day, it's just for fun and to celebrate a week of special mathematics focussed learning.

The Cardboard Box Challenge!

Well there have been some busy little people in room 21 over the school holidays and it made me grin from ear to ear when I saw their creativity and imaginations sitting at the front of room 21 this morning!  
Fernando, Dylan, Roshank, Alan and Shawn, you have all shown great team work and creativity as well as fabulous self management on this project!  Well done!  I hope we get some more cardboard box challenges coming in before Friday.  
A special thank you to all the mums and to Fernando's Mum (Annie) for helping the boys out and keeping them fed and hydrated through the 3 weeks they took to build their creations!  (AND also for the photos!) 

Just some brief notes on the boys (Fernando, Shawn, Alan, Roshank and Dylan’s) project which was achieved in 3 weeks amongst a lot of eating and playing.

Here is a breakdown of their mini inquiry...  

Week 1:    They all agreed that they wanted to build robots

                  Researched on the internet for ideas and printed off robots made out of cardboard boxes for inspiration

Week 2:    Gathering materials - cardboard boxes, coloured plastic film, coloured paper, glue, clear packaging tape, carpet, particle board for stand

                 Selected boxes to best fit body parts, covering up printing with white photocopy paper

                 Wrapped each body part in red or blue film like a parcel and then assembled robots with packaging tape.

Week 3:    Decided that they would switch their robot idea to minecraft characters

                 Hot melt glue carpets to bases

                 Cut coloured paper into squares and glued on

All the boys really enjoyed the project and worker well together as a team.

The Cardboard Box Challenge.  on PhotoPeach